Where does “pemakai” come from?

pemakai (Iban) comes from Iban makai, from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

pemakai (Iban): food

Definitions

  1. food

Ancestry of “pemakai”, step by step

pemakai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban makai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanmakaito eat
2Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
4Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Iban pe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanpe—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayic makan →
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